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Sdswanson / WCCO | CBS Minnesota:
Police Fatally Shoot Man During Traffic Stop, Aftermath Video Posted — MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 32-year-old man has died after an officer-involved shooting Wednesday night in Falcon Heights. — Philando Castile's mother, Valerie Castile, says he died at Hennepin County Medical Center after 11 p.m.
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Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:
Minnesota Police Shooting's Aftermath Is Captured in Gruesome Video — A Minnesota man was fatally shot Wednesday night by the police during a traffic stop in a St. Paul suburb, and the aftermath was captured in a grisly video recorded by the car's front-seat passenger and streamed live.
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Washington Post:
Minn. cop fatally shoots man during traffic stop, aftermath broadcast on Facebook — A Minnesota traffic stop turned deadly Wednesday evening as a police officer opened fire on a driver. — The victim, 32-year-old Philando Castile, died at a Minneapolis hospital, a family member told The Washington Post.
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Pat Pheifer / Star Tribune:
Aftermath of Falcon Heights officer-involved shooting captured on phone video — The man, identified by relatives as a St. Paul schools employee, died at HCMC, according to an uncle. The shooting followed a traffic stop near Larpenteur Avenue and Fry Street. — A man was shot by police in Falcon Heights on Wednesday evening.
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CNN:
Woman live-streams aftermath of fatal officer-involved shooting
Woman live-streams aftermath of fatal officer-involved shooting
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New York Daily News:
Minnesota man Philando Castile shot and killed by cops during traffic stop; girlfriend pleads …
Minnesota man Philando Castile shot and killed by cops during traffic stop; girlfriend pleads …
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BuzzFeed:
Facebook Live Video Shows Aftermath Of Man's Fatal Shooting By Officers
Facebook Live Video Shows Aftermath Of Man's Fatal Shooting By Officers
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Lavish Reynolds / Facebook:
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Will House Republicans overplay their hand on Hillary Clinton? — For more than 20 years, whenever Bill and Hillary Clinton have gotten into real political trouble, they have found an unlikely ally in House Republicans. — Over and over again, from Bill Clinton's darkest hours as president …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
200 House Republicans show up to meet Trump — House Republicans came face-to-face Thursday morning for the first time with Donald J. Trump. And most seemed to like what they saw. — The billionaire real estate tycoon met with the full House GOP conference at Republican National Committee headquarters …
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David Siders / Sacramento Bee:
Poll sees Hillary Clinton trouncing Donald Trump in California — Clinton leads Trump by 30 percentage points in head-to-head matchup — Clinton's lead slips to 24 percentage points when third party candidate included — Most California Democrats want Bernie Sanders to step aside
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NBC News:
First Read: Trump Can't Stay on Message, and It's a Problem for the GOP — First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — Trump can't stay on message, and that's a problem
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Trump Goes Back to Washington to Face Wary Republicans
Trump Goes Back to Washington to Face Wary Republicans
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Email Was Probably Hacked, Experts Say — When the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, said on Tuesday that his investigators had no “direct evidence” that Hillary Clinton's email account had been “successfully hacked,” both private experts and federal investigators immediately understood …
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton: Ma'am Survivor — The Clintons — both Hillary and Bill — are very smart, but also quite reckless. They play too close to the edge and sometimes go over. They parse words to parry attacks. They possess a sort of preternatural political ability, but also a political paranoia.
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Five panels to grill FBI on Clinton — Furious congressional Republicans are launching a multipronged attack against the FBI and Hillary Clinton — A total of five congressional committees will either hold hearings with high-profile law enforcement officials over the next week …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
2016 White House race comes to Capitol Hill
2016 White House race comes to Capitol Hill
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Wall Street Journal:
MORE IN HILLARY CLINTON — The State Department didn't respond …
MORE IN HILLARY CLINTON — The State Department didn't respond …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
State: Some classified markings in Clinton emails were ‘human error’
State: Some classified markings in Clinton emails were ‘human error’
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Karey Van Hall / Politico:
Lynch says DOJ will not pursue charges against Clinton
Lynch says DOJ will not pursue charges against Clinton
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Roxane Gay / New York Times:
Alton Sterling and When Black Lives Stop Mattering — OVER the past several years, we have borne witness to grainy videos of what “protect and serve” looks like for black lives — Tamir Rice, Walter Scott, Eric Garner, Kajieme Powell, to name a few. I don't think any of us could have imagined …
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Charles C. Johnson / GotNews:
BREAKING: #AltonSterling Was Child Raping Dead Beat Dad Who Owed $25,000+ in Child Support, Not Good “Father of Five”
BREAKING: #AltonSterling Was Child Raping Dead Beat Dad Who Owed $25,000+ in Child Support, Not Good “Father of Five”
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The Daily Beast:
New Video Emerges of Alton Sterling Being Killed by Baton Rouge Police
New Video Emerges of Alton Sterling Being Killed by Baton Rouge Police
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CBS News:
Disturbing new video shows Baton Rouge police shooting
Disturbing new video shows Baton Rouge police shooting
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Jarvis DeBerry / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Before killing Alton Sterling, Baton Rouge police had a history of brutality complaints
New York Times:
In a Defiant, Angry Speech, Donald Trump Defends Image Seen as Anti-Semitic — Donald J. Trump on Wednesday offered a defiant defense of his campaign's decision to publish an image widely viewed as anti-Semitic — saying he regretted deleting it — and vigorously reaffirmed his praise of Saddam Hussein, the murderous Iraqi dictator.
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Alex Weprin / Politico:
Outfoxed? — Fox News was enveloped in silence for most of Wednesday, as news ricocheted around New York and Washington of former host Gretchen Carlson's lawsuit depicting the network's legendary CEO and chairman Roger Ailes as a pervasive harasser of women.
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CNN Reports That 10 Women Have Contacted Law Firm About Treatment Under Roger Ailes
CNN Reports That 10 Women Have Contacted Law Firm About Treatment Under Roger Ailes
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson sues Roger Ailes for sexual harassment
Former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson sues Roger Ailes for sexual harassment
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump posts picture of Disney book: ‘Where is the outrage’ over star? — on Wednesday tweeted an image of a Disney book featuring a six-pointed star in an attempt to draw comparisons to an anti-Hillary Clinton — image he tweeted this past weekend. — “Where is the outrage for this Disney book?
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Ann Coulter / Breitbart:
My VP Prediction — Donald Trump's First Mistake — My vice presidential prediction is: Trump is about to make his first mistake. I knew this would happen as soon as he hired campaign consultants, rather than relying on his gut. If these campaign consultants were any good …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Muslim Migrant Linked to Al-Qaeda Tries to Murder Ohio Judge — 37-year-old Yahya Farooq Mohammad, who had previously been charged with providing support to Al-Qaeda, was indicted this week for soliciting the murder of a federal judge. — Yahya Farooq Mohammad (TIME)
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Emma Ockerman / TIME:
Man Facing Terrorism Charges Indicted for Plot to Murder Judge in His Case
Man Facing Terrorism Charges Indicted for Plot to Murder Judge in His Case
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MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton Campaigns in Talks for Possible Endorsement Next Week — Bernie Sanders' and Hillary Clinton's campaigns are in talks about a possible event at which Sanders would endorse Clinton, ABC News has confirmed, according to sources close to his campaign.
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CNN:
House Democrats boo Bernie Sanders in contentious meeting
House Democrats boo Bernie Sanders in contentious meeting
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Kathy Frankovic / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Clinton maintains her lead in a particularly negative race
Clinton maintains her lead in a particularly negative race
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Politico